AltWeeklies Wire
Cops Imbibe to Catch Swigging Bartendersnew
Five off-duty officers gave up their Sundays to watch football, down brewskies and catch servers suspected of sneaking swigs of top-shelf liquor. The bartenders fired as a result of the stakeout are fighting back.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
01-17-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Black Newspapers Cry Racismnew
Across the country, black newspapers are crying discrimination because two companies -- Kohl's Department Stores and T-Mobile Wireless -- don't spend enough money with ... black newspapers.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
01-12-2005 |
Media
The Stylist Will See You Nownew
A longtime Cleveland social worker turned hair stylist tries to get her clients to open up about their problems.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
12-06-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Ultrasound Reveals Doctor's Unorthodox Viewsnew
Dr. Dinesh Shah's views about measuring the amniotic fluid on pregnant women's ultrasounds were controversial -- and may have led to a baby's death.
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Maag |
12-06-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Thieves Pillage HUD-Owned Homesnew
By putting the same lock on every home it repossesses in Ohio, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development seems to invite break-ins. In Cleveland, every house owned by HUD gets looted.
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Maag |
11-08-2004 |
Policy Issues
Flush With Government Cash, the Virgin Movement Goes Pronew
At 28, Susannah Petrie is a professional virgin, promoting abstinence before marriage to schoolchildren for the nonprofit Operation Keepsake. Detractors complain that the state is using tax money to promote a religious tenet under the guise of public health.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
11-08-2004 |
Sex
Playing Doctor: A Physician Practices Based on Questionable Claimsnew
Lying on a résumé isn't a crime -- except when a doctor does it. Luckily for Edward Patrick, who may have never done the residency he claims, the Ohio Medical Board is forgiving.
Cleveland Scene |
Thomas Francis |
11-02-2004 |
Science
Cleveland Cops Coldcock a Cuckoldnew
It hurt Jeffrey Moore that his wife was cheating on him with a cop. And it hurt when that cop and three cop cronies handed Moore a beating.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
10-22-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Assault-Rifles Ban Was Nearly Worthlessnew
During the entire decade the assault-rifles ban was in effect, anyone -- gun collectors, criminals, terrorists -- could still buy assault rifles legally.
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Maag |
10-12-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: NRA, National Rifle Association, a terrorism expert, assault weapons, Bureau of Alcohol, Chechens, Dr. Neil Livingstone, executive director of the national Fraternal Order of Police, Gun-control advocates, Jim Pasco, Jim Titlow's Bushmaster XM-15 assault rifle, Tobacco and Firearms, crime & justice
The Wreck of the Oglebay Nortonnew
Oglebay Norton was once "the most conservative, risk-averse company that ever existed," according to one analyst. Then a respected, ambitious CEO, John Lauer, sank the shipping and mining company in a sea of red ink.
Cleveland Scene |
Frank Lewis |
09-24-2004 |
Business & Labor
Dead Wrong: Independence of Coroner's Rulings Questionednew
Defense attorneys complain that Cuyahoga County Coroner Elizabeth Balraj listens too much to police and prosecutors in making her decisions, ruling that some deaths are homicides even when medical evidence suggests the patients died of other causes.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
09-21-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Officer Cleared of One Killing, Kills Againnew
The first shooting by Cleveland policeman Daniel Jopek was ruled justified. The next time he killed, however, a city prosecutor charged him with reckless homicide.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
09-14-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Blood Brothers: Kilbanes Get Sentenced for an Old Crimenew
Nearly three decades ago, brothers Martin and Owen Kilbane were sentenced for their role in the death of a judge's wife. When their chance to be paroled drew near, they found themselves charged with a new crime: the murder of a pimp 36 years ago.
Cleveland Scene |
Thomas Francis |
09-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Heimlich's Maneuver: Some of Doctor's Claims Raise Doubtsnew
Henry Heimlich is known as the trailblazing doctor who popularized a technique to help choking victims. But medical experts say he went too far in hawking his procedure as a lifesaver for drowning victims as well.
Cleveland Scene |
Thomas Francis |
08-13-2004 |
Science
Tags: Conspiracy Theory, stalker, Cincinnati, 'acquired narcissistic complex, American Medical Association, American Red Cross, Bob Kraft, CPR, Dr. Edward Patrick. Dr. Jerome Modell, Dr. Gerson Carr, Dr. Joseph Ornato, Holly Martins, Institute of Medicine, Peter Heimlich, the United States Lifesaving Association's board of directors. President Chris Brewster, United States Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, www.heimlichinstitute.com, Health & Science
